Combination-tool



PATENTED SEPT. 20, 1904.

W. H. MULEOD.

COMBINATION TOOL.

APPLICATION 311.31) NOV.27, 1903.

NO MODEL.

Patented September'20, 1904.

PATENT FFICF.

WILLIAM H. MoLEOD, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

COMBINATION-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,380, dated September 20, 1904.

Application filed November 27, 1903. Serial No. 182,816. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. MoLEoD, a citizen of the United States, residing atKansas City, in the county of Wyandotte and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination-Tools, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combination-tools of that type capable of performing the functions of a hammer, a hatchet, a wire-cutter, a screw-driver, a nail-puller, a wire-tightener, and a staple-puller; and my object is to produce a simple, strong, durable, compact, and cheap tool possessing the various advantages enumerated and in addition thereto that of conveniently wrapping, looping, or kinking a wire for the purpose of tensioning the same.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and organization, as hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view, partly in side elevation and partly in section, of a combination-tool embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the staple-pulling claws.

In the said drawings, 1 designates a pivot uniting the substantially circular ends 2 3 of the arms or handles 4 5, respectively, the opposite or rear end of handle 4 being curved and bifurcated, as at 6, to provide a convenient nail-puller, while the corresponding end of arm or handle 5 is tapered to form a screwdriver 7 Arm 4 is also provided with a leather-punch 8, for which arm 5 forms the table or impinging-surface. The circular portions 2 3 are also provided rearward of their pivotal point with holes 9 10, respectively, which when the arms are swung apart register to receive a wire to be out. Forward of the pivot said arms 2 3 are radially notched, as at 1-1 and 12, respectively, to pro vide an ordinary cutter for wire or metal which cannot be out by means of the shearing action of the holes 9 10, the shearing edges of notches 11 and 12 also enabling the operator to nick or out small pieces out of metal.

At one side of its pivot end 2 is formed with a lateral projection in the form of a hatchet 13, and said hatchet portion near its junction with said end is provided in its forward side with socket 14 and with a hole 15, the latter extending approximately parallel with arm 4 and extending clear through said hatchet portion and registering at its front end with the center of socket 14. At the opposite side of the pivot from hatchet portion 13 end 3 is provided with a laterally-projecting portion in the form of a hammer-head 16, and said hammer-head portion at its front side and near its junction with end 3 is provided with .a socket 17. A hole 18 extends clear through the hammer-head portion approximately parallel with arm 5 and registers at its front end with the socketportion 17.

19 designates a pair of similar claws, one being mounted upon the hatchet portion and bridging its slot 14 and the other upon the hammer-head portion and bridging its socket 17, said claws curving inwardly and forwardly to a point for convenience in pulling staples. Each claw is provided with an angular portion 20, fitting non-rotatably in its respective socket, and with a stem 21, extending through the registering hole, the lower ends of said stems being upset or riveted, by preference, so that the claws thus riveted and secured non-rotatably shall form rigid portions of the tool.

In order that the tool may be used conveniently for taking up slack in a wire or for coiling or looping the loose end of wire, the claws are provided in their outer sides near their junction with the hatchet and hammerhead portions with transverse grooves 22. Thus formed the claws may be utilized as a winding-drum, the inner corners of the claws in approximately the same plane as said grooves being recessed, as at 23. In using the tool for the purpose last named the end of the wire is slipped through the space between the claws, so that itengages diagonally opposite recesses 23, the tool being, by preference, open at the time. The tool is then rotated by proper power applied on the handles, and as a result the wire is wound or looped around the claws and the grooves 22 thereof, so as to prevent slippage off the ends of the claws, the recesses 23 and the rounded ends of the grooves preventing the wire from being bent so sharply or abruptly as to injure it. After a sufficient length of wire has been wound to properly tension it or subserve whatever function is desired by such operation the tool is closed, so that the claws by being brought closer together can be easily withdrawn from the loop. It will also be seen that by opening the tool and slipping the claws upon the opposite sides of a wire anchored at opposite sides of the tool and then rotatably manipulating the tool the wire can be easily kinked in opposite directions for the purpose of taking up slack in a wire.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced a combinationtool which possesses the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in statement of invention and which can obviously be used for other purposes than those enumerated, and while I have illustrated and described its pre ferred construction it is to be understood that it is susceptible of modification in minor par ticulars without departing from its principle and scope or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A combination-tool, comprising a pair of arms pivoted together and each provided with a laterally-projecting portion, said portions projecting in opposite directions and having holes extending substantially parallel with their respective arms, and provided with sockets in their front edges or sides which register with said holes; a forwardly and inwardly projecting claw mounted upon each of said portions and provided with angular portions fitting non-rotatably in said sockets, and provided also with stems projecting from said angular portions through said holes and having their opposite ends upset and riveted against the rear edges or sides of said laterally-projecting portions.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. MOLEOD.

WVitnesses:

F. R. GLoRn, G. Y. THORPE. 

